Saul Bellow and American Prose

Literature

English - February 18, 2016 03:30 - 55 minutes - 9.19 MB - ★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Saul Bellow has been called the greatest writer of American prose of the 20th century. Zachary Leader, professor of English literature at the University of Roehampton, explores this claim and tests it. This talk was part of the Ridge Lecture series at the Huntington.